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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 707 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 112 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 89 1 Browse Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States 87 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 73 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 67 5 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 44 4 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 37 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 29 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 28 0 Browse Search
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t was rejected — yeas, 3; nays, 13. Those who voted in the affirmative were: Messrs. Brown, Henry and Vest. Those who voted in the negative were: Messrs Baker, Caperton, Graham, Haynes, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, Semmes, Walker, Watson and Wigfall. House of representatives. The House met at the usual hour.--Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Duncan. The Speaker laid before the House communications from the heads of appropriate departments relative to certain ahe correspondence between the Governor of North Carolina and the Navy Department relative to the seizure of coal belonging to the steamer Advance; all of which were appropriately referred. The Senate joint resolution of the thanks to Captain Raphael Semmes, and the officers and crew of the Alabama, for important services in the destruction of the United States war steamer Hatteras and of the commerce of the enemy, was unanimously adopted. The action of the Senate on the House amendment
ired new confidence and life among the army and people; and he really believes that, such is the devotion of the people to Lee, every man, woman and child in the Confederacy would follow him into the, Gulf of Mexico as a religious duty, if he required it of them. A New Confederate Cruiser. A letter from Montevideo says: The English papers have stated that a little steamer, called the Ranger, had gone out with provisions of various kinds for the armament of a new vessel for Captain Semmes, and that another was soon to follow, with other conveniences for a new privateer, and that the place of rendezvous was at some group of the Atlantic islands, perhaps the Madeira. The Ranger is now at Montevideo. She is not adapted to freight or passengers — wholly useless for any remunerative employment in these waters. She is ninety tons burthen, and is a complete steam pleasure yacht. Under sail, she is a marvel of rapidity, and, with only two feet draught, she can hide away